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  1. I picked up an early release from my LHS, apparently 2 came into Australia from the pre production batch, dint come with Diff or Shock oil, was a pretty easy build except for the shock's they suck - the seal is a PIA to get over the collar, 1 X shock leaked overnight onto my tool bench. its a lot heavier than my Super Astute

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  2. Hi Jonathon, I have the surpass V4 in my new built Xray XB419 and have had the same problem, its very noisy when off throttle or coasting along, I was of the opinion that I had built the diff wrong but on inspection it is just the Magnets on the rotor, I have a 17.5 in my B6.1 and it is the same.

    I must say that they are a great motor, heaps of torque and speed.

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  3. 11 hours ago, Jonathon Gillham said:

    My 2 Surpass V4S 17.5T motors arrived today. 1 is for my 2wd buggy, the other is a spare for whichever 4wd buggy needs a new motor first. Looking forward to trting these, by all accounts they perform as well as the brand name motirs for half the price. Have to wait until Sunday if the weather plays nice

    I have the 13.5 for stock 4wd and its a beast, check out the you tube review by Nick Adams, it has better specifications than the majority of the Big brand motors

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  4. 5 hours ago, Theibault said:

    Ok, so once more I pray for a 959/GrB re re on the eve of the show. That's all I want lol. :P Come on Tamiya, deliver to me.

     

    is there another show on the Horizon that I don't know about ????, I thought that I had put the 959 Demon to bed LOL


  5. Top deck and small parts from Fibrelyte for my YZ10 94, it was my first time using/ordering from Fibrelyte they where excellent, delivery to Australia was no problem at all and very quick and reasonable.

    Also picked up some Lipo trays for the YZ10 from a guy off Old School RC on facebook, I was a bit nervous about this order/ordering anything on facebook but these turned up quick and are of a high quality would definitely recommend using him again.

    Now just waiting for TBG to deliver the YZ10 and Lazer ZX body shell's for painting 

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  6. Just don't buy the Cat XLS if its your first kit, wait until kit # 20 to make that leap, my son built an RC10 worlds when he turned 13 and he managed fine up until the turn buckles, as above make sure you have the correct tools for the job and a well lit stable working area

    take your time and enjoy the build, it is very rewarding 

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  7. Finally got around to installing the Motor and speed controller into the Cat, was going to take my time with the painting but rushed it as usual, it bled through the tape, window masks stuck to the window and couldn't get the residue off, that let to a couple of layers of smoke/Gun Mettle on the windows, rear wing disintegrated during the painting process, so replaced with a spare that I had, still waiting for the front hinge pin to arrive that was missing from the kit. Took it for a quick spin on the drive way and promptly broke the solder joint on the sway bay.

     

    Yep gotta love this build - ( car drives great and is very smooth )

     

    Calmed myself down by installing some wheels and a wing onto the yoke, will get around to putting a 17.5 speed passion system into it at some point, then a re-pro body shell ( can't wait to paint that )

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  8. I just finished the build and it was quite the challenge, I am missing 2 X Hinge pins for the front suspension and have a massive wobble in the spur gear ( doesn't sit tight between the 2 x Diff rings ), several times during the build I was ready to give up and throw it in the shed, happy to have finished it, it was a massive challenge but well worth it, for the build I would invest in some circlip pliers for the shocks and also complete the steering assembly before the under tray goes on. 

    Now I just need to figure out the gearing for a 17.5 and complete the electrics

    PS - don't even get me started on the soldering of the sway bar, I still have the blisters on my fingers ( for the parts where it missed the super glue that was stuck to my fingers )

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  9. 1 hour ago, Effigy3 said:

    Sometimes slow and steady really does win the race!

    If it were me, I'd get a DB-01RRR.  Put that SpeedPassion ESC you won and mate it to a 13.5T motor. 

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    I'm partial to the SpeedPassion v3.0 MMM series.  My track is pretty strict on configurations though.  4WD buggy Super Stock requires 13.5T motors.  That class has pretty much decimated the 4WD buggy mod class.  Most of the racers found 13.5T was pretty much perfect.  The mod motors were far too quick for the track.  As Jon Gil said, the lap times between the two were pretty much the same but the 13.5T cars spent more time on their wheels and experienced far fewer breakages thanks to slower speed crashes.

    I have a 10.5 in my Daughters ( read as Mine 👍🏽) DB-01 RRR and it is an awesome buggy, much preferred it over the B44 series cars that I have, starting to show its age against the Associated B64 and can be a pain to work on, but it is a strong and reliable car for the average racer + its a Tamiya 

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  10. 44 minutes ago, moffman said:

    My bigwig was delivered this morning and I wasn't going to touch it until this weekend but as I looked through the build manual the next thing I knew I was building it! And after my Schumacher cat xls and associated RC10 re-re builds at the end of the summer last year this was an absolute dream to build :)! (The cat would test the patient's of a saint and the angels who were with him!) You can't beat a tamiya for an almost guaranteed enjoyable build:wub:!. 

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    I have gone the opposite way, started with the Cat and will then look at the BigWig and Egress, the Cat is slowly killing my desire for all things RC, then I have to make the big decision if I am going to build this or leave it new in the box

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  11. The DB01 RRR is an excellent example of the DB01 Chassis, I would recommend it if you can find one, the belts on the DB01 won't need regular maintenance check the tension every time you inspect/work on the diff. 

    they are difficult to get body shells for, I have had to look at getting TBG shells as a replacement ( RRR doesn't come with a Body ) 

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